Seattle Foundation
For Support Of The Resource Equity Funders Collaborative
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Amount$500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/13/2020
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
The Seattle Foundation is the home of the Resource Equity Funders Collaborative, a group of foundations organized to support national and state efforts to improve school finance equity. The Funders Collaborative supports state-specific research and advocacy efforts on education finance, as well as national activities to build the capacity of these coalitions and to monitor and document progress in making education finance more equitable. This grant contributes to the Funders Collaborative’s work. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.seattlefoundation.org
Address
1601 5th Ave, 19th Floor, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Equitable Evaluation Initiative
The Equitable Evaluation Initiative (EEI) seeks to shift the evaluation paradigm so that it becomes a tool for and of equity. It is a time-bound endeavor (2019-2024) to seed a field of Equitable Evaluation Framework ™ practitioners who are advancing equity; expanding notions of objectivity, rigor, and validity; and embracing complexity. EEI focuses on foundations and evaluators whose work is interdependent, with each playing a unique role in shifting the evaluation paradigm. Meeting EEI’s vision requires critical thought about all aspects of the evaluative process — the questions we ask, the methods we use, the teams we assemble, and the ways we support the use of data and sense-making around analysis of findings. This grant provides program support to EEI under the Knowledge for Better Philanthropy strategy.
for support of the Education Forward Fund
The Seattle Foundation is the fiscal sponsor of the Education Forward Fund, a collaborative effort of a group of foundations to support the many organizations and initiatives that are working to ensure that schools work for all children and young people. The Education Forward Fund will fund organizing and advocacy efforts by groups engaged in communications, legal, and policy support for education leaders. This grant contributes to the Fund’s collaborative work. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)
for membership in the Grantmakers for Thriving Youth
The Seattle Foundation’s mission is to ignite powerful, rewarding philanthropy to make Seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all. The Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Policy Work Group, sponsored by the Seattle Foundation, is a collaboration of funders that seek to align strategies and coordinate investments to maximize their impact on policy that will create equitable learning environments.
